Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

Migration Tools
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This chapter detailed a number of tools that you can use during your migration process.
Table 42-3 summarizes these tools and others, together with their capabilities.
Table 42-3 Summary of Migration Tools
Tool Source Target Scenarios
SPSIMEX.exe *
SharePoint Portal
Server 2001
SMIGRATE.exe SharePoint Team
Services and Windows
SharePoint Services
STSADM.exe Windows SharePoint
Services
UPGRADE.exe SharePoint Portal
Server 2001
Spout.exe SharePoint Portal Server
2001 (Web Storage
System) and SharePoint
Portal Server 2003
(backward-compatible
document library)
Spin.exe XML Intermediate
file format
Custom
Extractors †
Custom
Importers
SharePoint Portal
Server 2001
Windows SharePoint
Services
Windows SharePoint
Services
SharePoint Portal
Server 2003
XML Intermediate
file format
SharePoint Portal
Server 2003 (SQL
Server content
database)
Various native systems XML Intermediate
Format
XML Intermediate
Format
Windows SharePoint
Services and Share-
Point Portal Server
2003 (SQL Server
content database)
Migrating document
content from portal
site to portal site
Site migration
Site backup
Moves portal workspaces
with categories,
content sources,
keywords, Best Bets,
document libraries,
and security
Folders, documents,
and metadata
Folders, documents,
and metadata
Folders, Documents,
metadata, Lists, and
Sites
Folders, Documents,
metadata, Lists, and
Sites
* Available from the Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 Resource Kit.
† The Custom Extractors and Importers tools were co-developed by Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft. These
tools were not available at the time of writing this Resource Kit. They are distinct from SPIn/SPOut and focus
on cross-product migration, such as Lotus QuickPlace, File system, and Exchange Public Folders. They will
be available from Microsoft’s MSDN site sometime in 2004, and you can extend the code or create your own
extractors.